EMILIO AGUINALDO

 Born: March 22, 1869

 Place of Birth: Kawit, Cavite (Cavite el Viejo)
 Parents: Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy
 Second to the youngest of eight children
 Wife: Hilaria Del Rosario (1896-1921)
Maria Agoncillo (1930-1963)
 Died: February 6, 1964

EARLY LIFE

 The Aguinaldo were a wealthy and influential family.

 Attended elementary and secondary school at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT:

 In 1894, he was chosen as the capitan municipal of Kawit

 He joined the Katipunan, with the name Magdalo
 The Katipunan drove the Spanish from Cavite
 Bonifacio didn’t get the position of Director of Interior because of his educational
background
 Internal dissent caused by Bonifacio’s death weakened the Katipunan
 But the Spaniards soon realized that going after the rebels in their mountain hideout
was futile. So a stalemate ensued broken only by a truce proposal to which the rebels
agreed.
 The Spanish-American war in April 25, 1898 eventually changed Philippine History
 Aguinaldo declared independence on June 12, 1898.
 The Filipinos soon realized that the Americans were to become their new colonizers
 In 1898, Aguinaldo convened a Congress in Malolos, Bulacan in which delegates wrote a
Constitution and established the Philippine Republic with Aguinaldo as President in
January 1899.
 Three weeks later, the continuing friction with the Americans erupted into a conflict in
February 1899.
 The war eventually ended in 1901 with the capture of Aguinaldo.
 Aguinaldo pledge allegiance to the United States
 He briefly hugged the limelight when he ran for the presidency of the Philippine
Commonwealth but lose to Manuel L. Quezon
 Aguinaldo was charged with collaboration by the Americans for helping the Japanese
during the World War II but was later freed in a general amnesty.
 As a private citizen, he devoted his time to the cause of veteran revolucionarios.